How to specify Encode:: <subchar>?

Marcello has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks,

From the Encode documentation:

Handling Malformed Data

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CHECK = Encode::FB_DEFAULT ( == 0)

If CHECK is 0, (en|de)code will put a substitution character in place 
+of a malformed character. When you encode, <subchar> will be used.
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I have been looking all over, but how can I specify this <subchar>? The default is '?' but I would like to use a space instead.

Thanks!

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Re: How to specify Encode:: <subchar>? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 18, 2008 at 12:49 UTC
How about `use constant FB_SPACE => sub { ' ' }; $bytes = encode($charset, $chars, FB_SPACE);` [download] Update: Tested: `use Encode qw( encode FB_DEFAULT ); use HTML::Entities qw( decode_entities ); use constant FB_SPACE => sub { ' ' }; my $chars = decode_entities('abc&hearts;def'); my $charset = 'US-ASCII'; for my $check (FB_DEFAULT, FB_SPACE) { print encode($charset, $chars, $check), "\n"; }` [download] `abc?def abc def` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: How to specify Encode:: <subchar>? by Marcello (Hermit) on Mar 19, 2008 at 09:58 UTC
Thanks ++ikegami, Upgraded my Encode version from 2.01 to the latest 2.24 and using this new functionality. Regards, Marcel	[reply]
Re: How to specify Encode:: <subchar>? by hipowls (Curate) on Mar 18, 2008 at 10:32 UTC
`<subchar>` is specified in a Unicode Character Map (UCM) file. They are used by enc2xs (part of Encode) to generate xs files to be compiled into an encoding. The documentation for enc2xs has a quick guide for making your own encoding. If all you want to do is change the substitution character then it should be simple. Find the UCM file for the encoding you want to modify, change `<subchar>` to the value you want and follow the instructions. Good luck!	[reply]